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Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)

Bethel Census Area had the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly) of 30 counties in 2026, at $1,719. Kusilvak Census Area had the lowest, at $767. The median was $1,205. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,719Bethel Census Area
Lowest767Kusilvak Census Area
Median1,20530 counties

Map of counties, 2026

Aleutians East Borough: 1,263 USDAleutians West Census Area: 1,670 USDAnchorage Municipality: 1,243 USDBethel Census Area: 1,719 USDBristol Bay Borough: 1,134 USDChugach Census Area: 1,374 USDCopper River Census Area: 930 USDDenali Borough: 935 USDDillingham Census Area: 1,138 USDFairbanks North Star Borough: 1,277 USDHaines Borough: 1,033 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area: 1,113 USDJuneau City and Borough: 1,340 USDKenai Peninsula Borough: 1,000 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough: 1,238 USDKodiak Island Borough: 1,581 USDKusilvak Census Area: 767 USDLake and Peninsula Borough: 894 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 1,049 USDNome Census Area: 1,334 USDNorth Slope Borough: 1,239 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough: 1,471 USDPetersburg Borough: 1,211 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 1,030 USDSitka City and Borough: 1,350 USDSkagway Municipality: 1,253 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,198 USDWrangell City and Borough: 928 USDYakutat City and Borough: 1,094 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 1,019 USD
  • Under 990
  • 990 to 1,100
  • 1,100 to 1,200
  • 1,200 to 1,300
  • 1,300 to 1,400
  • 1,400 and over
USD, 2026. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2026

Bethel Census Area: 1,719 USDBethel Census Area1,719Aleutians West Census Area: 1,670 USDAleutians West Census Area1,670Kodiak Island Borough: 1,581 USDKodiak Island Borough1,581Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,471 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,471Chugach Census Area: 1,374 USDChugach Census Area1,374Sitka City and Borough: 1,350 USDSitka City and Borough1,350Juneau City and Borough: 1,340 USDJuneau City and Borough1,340Nome Census Area: 1,334 USDNome Census Area1,334Fairbanks North Star Borough: 1,277 USDFairbanks North Star Borough1,277Aleutians East Borough: 1,263 USDAleutians East Borough1,263Skagway Municipality: 1,253 USDSkagway Municipality1,253Anchorage Municipality: 1,243 USDAnchorage Municipality1,243North Slope Borough: 1,239 USDNorth Slope Borough1,239Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 1,238 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough1,238Petersburg Borough: 1,211 USDPetersburg Borough1,211Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,198 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area1,198Dillingham Census Area: 1,138 USDDillingham Census Area1,138Bristol Bay Borough: 1,134 USDBristol Bay Borough1,134Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 1,113 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area1,113Yakutat City and Borough: 1,094 USDYakutat City and Borough1,094Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 1,049 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough1,049Haines Borough: 1,033 USDHaines Borough1,033Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 1,030 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area1,030Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 1,019 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area1,019Kenai Peninsula Borough: 1,000 USDKenai Peninsula Borough1,000Denali Borough: 935 USDDenali Borough935Copper River Census Area: 930 USDCopper River Census Area930Wrangell City and Borough: 928 USDWrangell City and Borough928Lake and Peninsula Borough: 894 USDLake and Peninsula Borough894Kusilvak Census Area: 767 USDKusilvak Census Area767Bethel Census Area: 1,719 USDBethel Census Area1,719Aleutians West Census Area: 1,670 USDAleutians West Census Area1,670Kodiak Island Borough: 1,581 USDKodiak Island Borough1,581Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,471 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,471Chugach Census Area: 1,374 USDChugach Census Area1,374Sitka City and Borough: 1,350 USDSitka City and Borough1,350Juneau City and Borough: 1,340 USDJuneau City and Borough1,340Nome Census Area: 1,334 USDNome Census Area1,334Fairbanks North Star Borough: 1,277 USDFairbanks North Star Borough1,277Aleutians East Borough: 1,263 USDAleutians East Borough1,263Skagway Municipality: 1,253 USDSkagway Municipality1,253Anchorage Municipality: 1,243 USDAnchorage Municipality1,243North Slope Borough: 1,239 USDNorth Slope Borough1,239Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 1,238 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough1,238Petersburg Borough: 1,211 USDPetersburg Borough1,211Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,198 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area1,198Dillingham Census Area: 1,138 USDDillingham Census Area1,138Bristol Bay Borough: 1,134 USDBristol Bay Borough1,134Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 1,113 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area1,113Yakutat City and Borough: 1,094 USDYakutat City and Borough1,094Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 1,049 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough1,049Haines Borough: 1,033 USDHaines Borough1,033Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 1,030 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area1,030Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 1,019 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area1,019Kenai Peninsula Borough: 1,000 USDKenai Peninsula Borough1,000Denali Borough: 935 USDDenali Borough935Copper River Census Area: 930 USDCopper River Census Area930Wrangell City and Borough: 928 USDWrangell City and Borough928Lake and Peninsula Borough: 894 USDLake and Peninsula Borough894Kusilvak Census Area: 767 USDKusilvak Census Area767
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2026
USD		Change on 2025
1Bethel Census Area1,719+4.2%
2Aleutians West Census Area1,670+9%
3Kodiak Island Borough1,581+11.2%
4Northwest Arctic Borough1,471+2.6%
5Chugach Census Area1,374+21%
6Sitka City and Borough1,350+8.2%
7Juneau City and Borough1,340+0.3%
8Nome Census Area1,334+5.3%
9Fairbanks North Star Borough1,277+0.4%
10Aleutians East Borough1,263+2.8%
11Skagway Municipality1,253+3%
12Anchorage Municipality1,243+4.4%
13North Slope Borough1,239-10%
14Ketchikan Gateway Borough1,238+5.6%
15Petersburg Borough1,211+11.8%
16Southeast Fairbanks Census Area1,198+6.8%
17Dillingham Census Area1,138+1.3%
18Bristol Bay Borough1,134+15.7%
19Hoonah-Angoon Census Area1,113+1.2%
20Yakutat City and Borough1,094+8.1%
21Matanuska-Susitna Borough1,049-0.6%
22Haines Borough1,033-9.9%
23Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area1,030+8.9%
24Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area1,019+3.1%
25Kenai Peninsula Borough1,000+5.4%
26Denali Borough935-4.1%
27Copper River Census Area930+12.2%
28Wrangell City and Borough928+9.4%
29Lake and Peninsula Borough894+8.2%
30Kusilvak Census Area767+5.1%

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About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a one-bedroom unit in the HUD area that contains the county.

More on how it is measured
  • Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet.
  • HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile.
  • They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.

A policy benchmark, not a measured rent: it is lower than the median rent by design and differs from the Census Bureau median gross rent. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY26_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2026). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2026) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY26_FMRs_revised.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2026. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 21 Apr. 2026, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY26_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2026. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2026. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2026. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY26_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2026) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2026 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY26_FMRs_revised.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2026 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Bethel Census Area, with $1,719 in 2026, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Which county has the lowest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Kusilvak Census Area, with $767 in 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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